ferguson
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Edward Crawford: Ferguson, Mo., Activist in Iconic Photo Found Dead From Gunshot Wound
Edward Crawford, 27, a Ferguson, Mo., protester and activist, was found in his car dead from a gunshot wound. Reports are not clear on whether the shooting took place Thursday night or early Friday morning. Police investigators are calling it self-inflicted, but they say they have not yet determined whether they believe it to have…
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Ferguson, Mo., Stays in the Sunken Place: Re-Elects Failed Mayor
This is why we can’t have nice things. Not because they are taken from us. Or hidden from us. Or placed behind a thousand-foot wall we can’t scale. Nope, sometimes black people can’t have nice things because we steadfastly, inexcusably, sabotage ourselves with apathy and ignorance. On Tuesday night, James K. Knowles—the inept, whitesplaining, cop-coddling,…
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Watch: Michael Brown Sr. and Stranger Fruit Filmmaker Discuss New Mike Brown Surveillance Footage
The Root caught up with filmmaker Jason Pollock and Michael Brown Sr. at the SXSW festival earlier this month in Austin, Texas, to discuss Pollock’s film Stranger Fruit. Stranger Fruit is a documentary about what happened to Mike Brown, told through the eyes of those closest to him, including his father, Michael Brown Sr. Pollock…
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Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong, and the Man Who Killed Him Admits It
Updated Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 3:45 p.m. EDT: Earlier today, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery, who uncovered the U.S. District Court document this article was based on, tweeted the following: And this: Lowery understandably disagrees with some of the conclusions found in our original article. It is not unusual for two parties to hear testimony…
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Protests Rock Ferguson, Mo., After New Footage of Michael Brown Emerges
Ferguson, Mo., was once again rocked by protests a day after new footage from the day of Michael Brown’s death was revealed to the public in the documentary Stranger Fruit. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, word of the video Sunday night drew a group of some 100 protesters, which led to the closing of…
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Never-Before-Seen Michael Brown Footage Emerges From the Day of His Death. Police Say It’s ‘Not Relevant’
After 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down and left to bake in the middle of a Ferguson, Mo., street on Aug. 9, 2014, police tried to smear his character by releasing a security video allegedly showing Brown participating in a “strong-armed robbery” by pushing a convenience store clerk and taking a box of cigarillos earlier…
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Black Male Ego Sinks Black Woman Magic in St. Louis Election: Tishaura Jones Loses Mayor’s Race by 888 Votes
If there was a nexus between the Black Lives Matter movement and the pussy-hat-wearing, International Day of Women post-Trump-election movement, it should have been the St. Louis Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday. St. Louis has never had a female mayor, and the top two candidates were Lyda Krewson, a 64-year-old white alderman with the…
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The Art Speaks for Itself
Every year, our congressional representatives hold an art contest for students in their districts, with the prize being a yearlong exhibition at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. It typically does not cause a murmur. This year’s unanimous winner in Missouri’s 1st District was my friend David Pulphus, a quiet, gentle, unassuming student. David’s painting…
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Darren Seals: Ferguson, Mo., Protester Found Shot to Death Inside Burning Car
Darren Seals, 29, a Ferguson, Mo., protester and activist who rose to prominence in the wake of the 2014 extrajudicial killing of Michael Brown Jr. by Police Officer Darren Wilson, was found dead early Tuesday morning in North St. Louis County, the St. Louis American reports. According to police investigators, Seals was shot before he was placed in…